An evaluation of uncertainties in monitoring middle atmosphere temperatures with the ground-based lidar network in support of space observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 627-642

  Keckhut, P ^a   Randel, W J ^b   Claud, C ^c   Leblanc, T ^d   Steinbrecht, W ^e   Funatsu, B M ^a,c   Bencherif, H ^f   McDermid, I S ^d   Hauchecorne, A ^a   Long, C ^g   Lin, R ^g   Baumgarten, G ^h  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Meteorologisches Observatorium   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^g CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lidar; Middle atmosphere temperature; Satellite; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE RANGE; COOLING TRENDS; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; INTERANNUAL; LIDAR; LIDAR DATA; LIDAR PROFILES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE TEMPERATURE; NOAA SATELLITE; NON-LINEAR TRENDS; QUADRATIC FUNCTION; SPACE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE SERIES; UNCERTAINTIES; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

MONITORING; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952104469     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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